New Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Corinthians 7:38
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So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
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So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.
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So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.
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So then also, the [one] marrying [his] own virgin does well, and the [one] not marrying will do better.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
1 Corinthians 7
36 However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
37 But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.
38 So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
40 In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
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